The Brainiacs and the ExSTEMinators have taken out the top honour on the final day of the latest STEM Cup round, held at Griffith University.
After seven weeks of competition, the fourth year of the inter-school Science Technology Engineering and Maths tournament came to a close with the grand final in dramatic fashion – engineering and information communication technology challenges in which the Brainiacs from Clover Hill State School (Primary Division) and ExSTEMinators from Varsity College (Secondary Division) got the better of the other teams.
Primary Division winners the Brainiacs with Pro-Vice Chancellor (Science) Professor Andrew Smith.
The Griffith-run STEM Cup has seen 255 students in Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 from 31 South East Queensland schools compete in 87 teams across four different host locations, tackling tasks that included geography, environmental science, marine biology, engineering, botany and IT in return for points. The students competed in two divisions, Primary and Secondary.
Griffith Project Officer (STEM

